Professor David Peimer
The Great Directors: Roman Polanski
Summary
While in hiding, a 10-year-old Roman Polanski watched his father and family taken away to be murdered by the Nazis. Though Polanski survived the horrors of the Holocaust, later, in Hollywood, his pregnant wife Sharon Tate was murdered by members of the Manson Family cult. Despite so much tragedy, Polanski went on to make some of the most acclaimed films of the 20th century. In this presentation we will explore the controversial life and filmography of a truly unique film maker.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.